Work out firewood for camping instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
Wood needed is hours of fire times nights times the burn rate, with volume estimated at about 450 kilograms per cubic metre of seasoned stacked hardwood. A campfire burns around two to three kilograms an hour, so a modest four hour fire over three nights needs thirty kilograms, far more than most people pack.
Firewood needed
kg = hours per night x nights x kg burned per hour
kg = hours per night x nights x kg burned per hour. Wood needed is hours of fire times nights times the burn rate, with volume estimated at about 450 kilograms per cubic metre of seasoned stacked hardwood.
A campfire burns around two to three kilograms an hour, so a modest four hour fire over three nights needs thirty kilograms, far more than most people pack.
Enter hours of fire per night, number of nights, wood burned per hour, bundle size. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.